Convene, a seven-year-old, New York-based workplace hospitality platform, has raised $20 million in fresh Series B funding, adding to an earlier close of $15.5 million. The round brings the Series B to more thn $35 million altogether and the company’s total funding to $51.2 million. The newest capital comes from Brookfield Property Group and Arrowpoint Partners. Other investors in the round include Conversion Capital, Boathouse Capital, and Sunrise Capital Partners.

Kateeva, an eight-year-old, Menlo Park, Ca.-based company that makes production equipment for OLED displays, has raised $88 million in Series E funding from BOE, Cybernaut Venture Capital, Shanghai GP Capital,Redview Capital and TCL Capital. Earlier investors also re-upped, including Samsung Ventures, Sigma Partners, Spark Capital, Madrone Capital Partners, DBL Partners, New Science Ventures and Veeco Instruments.More here.

Kite Hill, a four-year-old, Hayward, Ca.-based company that makes a line of artisanal nut milk cheeses and yogurts, has raised $18 million in funding led by 301 INC, which is General Mills’s new venture arm, and Cavu Venture Partners, a consumer growth equity firm.

Springbuk, a seven-year-old, Indianapolis, In.-based employer health analytics platform, has raised $3.75 million in Series A funding led by Lewis & Clark Ventures. More here.

Staq, a four-year-old, New York-based automated reporting and integrations platform for the digital advertising market, has raised $5 million in funding led by Pereg Ventures, with participation from Core Capital, Genecast, Kinetic Ventures and Revel Partners. Digital NYC has more here.

Terramera, a six-year-old, Vancouver-based company that produces plant-based alternatives to conventional chemical pesticides and fertilizers, has raised an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Seed 2 Growth Ventures; ACA Investments, a unit of Sumitomo Corp.; Bold Capital Partners,Renewal Funds and Maumee Ventures. More here.

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New Funds

Paul Bragiel, a founder of I/O Ventures (and somewhat famously, a former Olympic hopeful), is looking to raise up to $10 million for a new venture firm that he has cofounded with is brother Dan called Bragiel Brothers. More here.

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People

VC Marc Andreessen and entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan talked to Stanford students on Wednesday about a range of things, including why they should stay in school. More here.

Jungle Ventures, the Singapore-based venture firm that launched a $100 million fund last year, has recruited three new operating partners to its team. Michael Smith comes from streaming service HOOQ, where he was chief product officer; he joins recent recruits Gabriel Lundberg, ex-Spotify, and Tiang Lim Foo, who led Evernote business development in Asia Pacific. TechCrunch has more here.

VC Chris Sacca has a bone to pick with a particular U.S. presidential candidate.

Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting, the CEO of Chinese media giant LeEco, has said he’s a “personal investor” in the new electric car company Faraday Future, but filings show he owned a whopping 94 percent of it as of mid March.

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Data

Uber has found people are more likely to pay for surge if their cell phone is almost out of battery — up to 9.9 times more.

The Pew Research Center published new data yesterday morning shows that 72 percent of Americans have used some type of shared or on-demand service, but just 15 percent have so far used a ride-hailing app. More here.

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Essential Reads

Google has created an in-house startup incubator called Area 120 to formalize its approach to letting employees tackle new ideas. Forbes has the story here.

Bloomberg takes a look at why selling Uber shares may be tougher than you think.

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Detours

A 15-year-old’s self-curated museum of Apple products.

Etch-A-Sketch masterpieces.

Considering the four-point shot with Larry Bird and Reggie Miller.

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Retail Therapy

In search of summer real-estate love.

TrainerBot ping pong robot. Beep boop beep.